Cooking spoon holder



Aug. 5, 1952 G. M. HALLADAY 2,605,624

COOKING SPOON HOLDER Filed Sept. 5, 1947 Er/ENETH MHALLAUAY PatentedAug. 5, 11 952 r SPOON HOLDER I V Glea flalladam-JacksomMich. I {aration steamer 5, 1947, SerialN o. 172,392

This inventionrelates to devices use 'in connection-with cookingutensils and more partie ularlyto'means adapted to be associated-withacooking vessel; and to be-used-for holding a,- spoon another likarticle in a position'fixed relative to the cooking fvess'el'.

' In certain kinds of'cooking, itisfound necessary: to stir' the foodbeing cookedirequehtly; either i'rr orderto preventthe food f'romburning or to obtaina' smooth texture-in the cooked food; or for anyother reason. To accomplish this stirring, the cookuses; ordinarily, alargespoon; and after she has finished stirring the food; she is facedwiththe problem of the disposition of the spoon pendingits-next use instirring" the food. ,p In certain types of saucepans, cooks have" foundit possible-to place the spoon upside down on the handle of, thesaucepan with the bowl of the spoon extending out over the bowl of thesaucepan. "I-he objections to this ,method are, first, that not allsaucepans have thereoncave handlerequiredto retain the spoon, and,secondly, that the handle of the saucepan oftentimes becomes hot anddirectly transfers, heat to the handle of the spoon, 'therebyimakingfitimpossiblejfonthe cook to use'thfe spoon 'a' second 1 Anotherdisposition ofjthe spoon hasbeen 1 claim.. (01,35 453 ifplace it onthestove adjacentthe cooking; surface being used; Th objections to thismethod are that it either soilsthe top. of the stove or necessitates theuse of another dish to prevent thislsoiling of the stove, and alsothatthe spoon is 1 iabl to become overheated; therebyniaking it impossibleto use it until it has cooled.

In the past, certain spoon holders have been developed to hold the spoonrelative to the cooking utensil, but these efiforts have not beenentirely successful. Some of these spoon holders have held the bowl ofthe spoon away from the bowl portion of the cooking vessel, therebyallowing the food to drip from the spoon onto the stove. Others havebeen of unsound design and are, therefore, practically impossible touse, since their holding of the spoon depends upon the establishment ofa delicate balance.

A third group of these spoon holders comprises those which will hold thespoon very steadily but are difficult to use, either because theinsertion of the spoon is very difiicult or the removal of the spoonfrom its holder is very difiicult.

A fourth fault which appears to be present in most of the spoon holdersof the first three groups is that the spoon holder tends to conduct mostuncomfortable in use or'practi'cally impose" sible to-useuntil thespoon'ha's been cooled;

It is, therefore; object of. this invention. to provid a simple,inexpensively. manufactured spoon holder adapted to be hooked .on to thecooking vessel, into. which the, spoon is easily placed and from whichthe spoon may be easily withdrawn; 7 v

j A" further object is toprovide a spoon holder which will not tend,to'transmi t heat directly from the vessel with which it. is being usedto the spoon. v

' still further object isto provide a spoon holder which isread'ilyremovable from the'cooking vessel and yet which maintains a tightassociation with the. cooking. vessel tofpr operl-yhold; the'spoon. i .j

Further objects and advantages of my invention wi-ll beapparentfromaconsideration ofthe following specificationv in connectionwith the appended claim andthe accomp y ;-.dl3- Ss in which.

Fig. Iis aview inelevationpf one form ofmyspoon-holder,. v Fig. II is, aside view in elevation: ofthe spoon= holder of Fig. I,. with aportion.of a. cooking vesselshowninbrokenisection,v

Fig; III is, a vli'ewi mperspective ofthe form of my spoon. holdershowmin Figs. I andYII,

FiglIV is a-vtiew in elevation of another form of my spoon holder, and;Y r

Fig. V- isa perspectiveyiewof the spoon of-Fig.IV;

In the drawings it will be seen that I have shown five figures of myspoon holder, all indicated as being stamped out of a single piece ofsheet metal, although I recognize that my spoon holder may be made ofvarious other materials, and particularly that it may be bent and formedfrom a single piece of wire, and in those forms will accomplish the sameresult as will those shown in the figures.

In the drawings, the spoon holder [0 is shown clamped to the upstandingside wall l2 of the holder cooking vessel M. Th spoon holder I0 isconstructed with an attachment clip comprising the external downwardlyextending clip wall I6, which is bent over as at I8 from Where theinternal downwardly extending wall 20 is formed and bent so as toapproach the external wall 16 and leave an opening 22, which is smallerthan the normal thickness of the wall [2. This construction of the wall[6 and the wall 20 will form a resilient clip adapted to be receivedover the wall 12 and clamp the spoon holder 10 to the cooking vessel l4.

Extending upwardly from the curved lower portion 24 of the downwardlyextending wall 29 is the upwardly extending front wall 26, whichterminates in a definite fold or bend 28, which is shown to be a slightdistance above the curved portion I8.

As shown in the drawings, the spoon retaining portion 30 of thespoonholder I is formed of the same-strip as the rest of the spoonholder, and comprises a fulcrum edge 32 and a pair of spaced retainingears 34 having inner retaining shoulders 36.

It will be apparent from the drawings that the front wall 23 is spacedfrom the inside wall and the curved portion l8 and that thefulcrum edge32 is likewise so spaced, making it ing by turning it on its side, andinserting the.

narrow part of the handle 31 between the ears 34 to a point where thehandle 31 touches the fulcrum edge 32, at which time the'spoon 35 is'rotated 90 degrees on its longitudinal axis, the lower side of the spoonhandle 31 coming to rest on the fulcrum edge 32, and the upper side ofthe spoon handle 3'! being engaged by the shoulder 36. In this'position,the spoon 35 will be held away from all contact with the cooking vesseland the only heat transfer possible will be through the fulcrum edge'32and the shoulders 36, which must of necessity be almost negligible.

In Figs. IV and V, I'have' shown a variation in the spoon retainingportions of the spoon zontally into the aperture between the fulcrumedge 40 and the retaining edge 44, the lower side of the spoon handleengaging the fulcrum edge 49, and the upper side of the spoon handlebeing engaged by the retaining edge 44. The down turned ear 46 helps toprevent inadvertent removal of the spoon from the holder. It will beapparent to those skilled in the art that this modification will notsacrifice the nonheat conducting characteristics of the embodiment of myinvention shown in Figs. I, II and III.

Having thus described any invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

A'spoon holder comprising a resilient clip portion shaped to straddlethe edge of a cooking 7 utensil an upwardly extending support portionholder only- This variation shows a spoon V holder l9 having a clipformed of theoutside upstanding wall [6 and the inside down-turned wall20 connected at the .curved portion l3.

44. In use, the spoon handle is inserted hori-.

connected to said clip portion on the part thereof which is disposed onthe inside of the cooking utensil, a holder portion connected to saidsupport'portion at the upper end thereof and being inclined upwardly andtoward said clip portion, said holder portion having a slot definedtherein to receive the handle of the spoon, said slot having alowerfulcrum edge adjacent the upper end of said support portion and anupperretainer edge located in spaced relation to said fulcrum edge, above thesame and outwardly offset from said fulcrum edge onthe clipportion sideof the holder whereby a spoon held in said slot is angularly disposedacross the edge of the utensiland is supported on the under side uponsaid fulcrum edge and restrained against rocking movement thereon byengagement by the retainer edge against the upper side of the spoon.GIRNETH M. HALLADAY;

' REFERENCES CITED The following references areof record, in the file.of this patent: l

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